September 1998 - Sinister

Sinister: I'm only lucid when I'm riding...well, trains actually
by Funkyseb＠aol.com 03 Sep '98

03 Sep '98

*---* HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINISTER BABIES *---* I wasn't going to post today, but then I thought, aw, shucks, all you Connex South Eastern fans want to know about my day. Well alright then, I'll tell you.<sits down and makes ooohh, that's better noises like an old man sipping a cup of tea> As I staggered into the booking hall, a man in a very smart cepe tried to sweep me up. 'sorry' I said though it wasn't my fault, 'you'll have to go away' he said 'we're tidying this area up.' So I skulked off to the platforms, and lo! there were a host of beautiful people in lovely blue and yellow suits, and happy cheery cockney types in pristine day-glo boiler suits all busying around and doing their jobs properly like the plastic people you get moulded to your Hornby train set. And they herded the slightly scuffed real people to the very end of the platform. 'Stay here' they said, 'there's a special train coming it's not for you keep away from it. Important people are coming' And as I looked around the huddle, I saw a beautiful girl looking wistfully at the Travellers Fare. And I saw that she was the absolute spit of Isobel. We all got on our dirty old train, and I decided that it surely was Isobel, taking a day off from her hectic P!O!P! star life, and enjoying a recreational trip to Royal Tunbridge Wells. And why not? We have an animatronic Beau Nash, and T!W!O! branches of Boots, the chemist. So I hummed 'Is it wicked not to care', allowing the lovely tune to waft around the carriage, in an attempt at subtle communication. If she harmonised, I'd know it was fate! Sadly as I'd just come out of the pub the song turned into a hugest BURRP! known to man, and the none too subtle aroma of stale bitter filled the suddenly much smaller compartment. Isobel looked at me as if I was Albert Steptoe and the moment was lost, for ever. I also dreamt that Stuart was running over all the flowers in the world in his great big bus. I rang the bell, but he carried on until every one was flattened. Right, I'm sure I've tried your patience enough by now. Not long to go now, kids love, seb +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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FW: Sinister: mmuuu
by Seamus Campbell 03 Sep '98

03 Sep '98

*---* HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINISTER BABIES *---* > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanessa Figueras [SMTP:vanessa.figueras@swipnet.se] > Sent: Thursday, September 03, 1998 11:12 AM > To: Laurel Girvan > Cc: sinister(a)majordomo.net; poetryplace2 > Subject: Re: Sinister: mmuuu > > > *---* HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINISTER BABIES *---* > > isn't he the director of "Clockwork Orange" > > yes. also full metal jacket, 2001: a space oddessy, the shining, dr > strangelove, and lolita. > > and "Acopalypso Now"? > > nope. francis ford coppola. > > Laurel Girvan wrote: > > > *---* HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINISTER BABIES *---* > > > > how many times are we going to get trousie poo's review posted? > or > > hasn't it been the same one and i just haven't noticed... > > > > anyway, who's stanley kubrick? > > > > love you all you hoppity kiddies, even the nasty putrid brit > > show-goers (no bitterness here, of course). > > > > laurel > > xxxxxx > > > > > +--------------------------------------------------------------------- > -+ > > +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ > > To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To > unsubscribe > > send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to > > "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list > rules, > > FAQ, poor jokes etc, see > http://www.majordomo.net/sinister > > +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ > > > +--------------------------------------------------------------------- > -+ > > > > +--------------------------------------------------------------------- > -+ > +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ > To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To > unsubscribe > send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to > "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list > rules, > FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister > +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ > +--------------------------------------------------------------------- > -+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Competition......background
by Chris Leonard 03 Sep '98

03 Sep '98

*---* HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINISTER BABIES *---* Sawaddee! Please forgive my delay in getting back to you on competition progress, but I've not been here I've been on holiday in Glencoe with miss julia where the little midges ate me silly. Little fuckers. Anyway, the competition. Some statistics before I start: - 22 people entered the competition. Which made it totally worthwhile writing a computer system to work the scores out. Cheers. - 3 were ladies. And so...... Here's what everyone guessed. Spot the Dafties! I will post results next thursday, when I'm back.......... Adrian Evans The State I Am In Expectations Judy And The Dream She's Losing It Modern Rock Song Andrew Grant Lazy Line Painter The State I Am In Photo Jenny She's Losing It Slow Graffiti Calumn Shearer The Stars Of Track We Rule The School Belle And Sebastian Le Pastie De La The State I Am In Declan McGurk Le Pastie De La A Century Of Fakers Dog On Wheels She's Losing It The State I Am In Derek Martin It Could Have Been A You're Just A Baby My Wandering Days She's Losing It Belle And Sebastian da duke It Could Have Be Slow Graffiti My Wandering Days London Has Let Me Hurley's Having FunkySeb The Boy With The The State I Am In Slow Graffiti Pocketbook Angel London Has Let Me John Johnstone The Loneliness Of A The State I Am In Expectations Le Pastie De La Slow Graffiti Joss Moorkens Mary Jo Seeing Other People The Loneliness Of A We Rule The School I Don't Love Anyone Miss Julia Dirty Dream #2 I Could Be Dreaming I Don't Love Anyone Le Pastie De La My Wandering Days kevan cooke Le Pastie De La The State I Am In You Made Me Forget Put The Book Back Slow Graffiti Linda 'String Band' Kerr The State I Am In She's Losing It Mary Jo Spaceboy Dream You Made Me Forget matt Bcapirigi Get Me Away From Put The Book Back She's Losing It Le Pastie De La TheState I Am In Oooooooon Photo Jenny The State I Am In I Could Be Dreaming Judy And The Dream Put The Book Back paul 'meat lightbulb' mitchell Belle And Sebastian Mary Jo We Rule The School You Made Me Forget Seeing Other People peter larsson Dog On Wheels The State I Am In Get Me Away From Mary Jo She's Losing It Peter Miller Hurley's Having Slow Graffiti Is It Wicked Not To London Has Let Me My Wandering Days R.O. Jenkin She's Losing It Le Pastie De La I Don't Love Anyone You Made Me Forget Judy And The Dream Rod Begbie Lazy Line Painter Modern Rock Song My Wandering Days Photo Jenny She's Losing It ronan barrett The State I Am In Modern Rock Song Le Pastie De La Slow Graffiti She's Losing It Steve Genge She's Losing It Judy And The Dream We Rule The School I Don't Love Anyone Slow Graffiti Tim Hopkins The State I Am In Slow Graffiti Modern Rock Song Le Pastie De La Mary Jo Ho ho ho. Some howlers there, eh? +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: B&S reviews, SF party and oh so much MORE!
by Tara Widmer 03 Sep '98

03 Sep '98

*---* HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINISTER BABIES *---* well, to be honest the more negative reviews of "TBWTAS" are kind of a refreshing change. If *every* article gave it five stars and gushed about how heartbreakingly beautiful every single song was I think it *could* be a big let-down to people like me who haven't heard it. Sometimes when something is SO hyped and you're killing yourself in anticipation of it, that no matter how wonderful it is when it finally happens, it can't possibly live up to the expectations you've set. can anybody back me up on this?? ***** Remember that Bay Area listening party that was cancelled?? In order to further complicate matters, Matador finally contacted me today (the reasoning being better late than never, I suppose?) and I shall very soon have a copy of the album in my possession. Therefore, i implore *anyone* who is still interested in a Labor Day get-together to contact me ASAP. E-mail: Twidmer(a)xil.com Call me at work: (415) 477-8766 leave a message if no answer. ******** Finally, I should know better than to tell you this (as it will severely diminish this wee kitten's chance of getting one) but I spoke with a guy at Mod Lang record shop in Berkeley & he said that they are trying to obtain posters to give away with the purchase of "TBWTAS". However, the record company hasn't answered them either way, so they don't know for sure yet. He also said there is some problem they are having with getting the vinyl version of TBWTAS and it probably won't be available on Tues. tata, tara, that wee kitten +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Monday And Tuesdays sets to be sure
by Chris Leonard 03 Sep '98

03 Sep '98

*---* HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINISTER BABIES *---* You see, I wrote them down for my competition. Enjoy! If you entered, why not work out how many points you got for yourself, and see if you got it right next week! See some of you scary lot tomorrow, c =============== Mondays set 1. Beautiful 2. Simple Things 3. Mayfly 4. Is It Wicked not to care 5. A Century Of Fakers 6. A Summer Wasting 7. Wrong Love 8. Seeing Other People 9. The Boy With the Rabbit Strap 10. Spaceboy Dream 11. Get Me Away 12. I Don't Love anyone 13. The Boy Done Wrong Again 14. Judy And The Dream Of Horses Tuesdays Set: 1. Dog On Wheels 2. Dirty Dream #2 3. The loneliness of the Middle Distance Runner 4. The Gate 5. The State I am in 6. Lazy Line Painter Jane 7. Seymour Stein 8. It Could Have been A brilliant Career 9. She's Losing it 10. Slow Graffiti 11. Chickfactor 12. Belle And Sebastian 13. Photo Jenny 14. The Rollercoaster Ride +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: salon: attribution
by Ian Connelly 03 Sep '98

03 Sep '98

*---* HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINISTER BABIES *---* salon magazine is located at www.salonmagazine.com this particular review was at: http://www.salonmagazine.com/ent/music/reviews/1998/09/02review.html#belle sorry for the multiple posts and copyright violations! ian +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: poor salon review of tbwtas
by Ian Connelly 03 Sep '98

03 Sep '98

*---* HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINISTER BABIES *---* is it wicked to make so many factual errors? probably. the tenor of the review is another story, i suppose. ~ ian -----> Belle and Sebastian THE BOY WITH THE ARAB STRAP | MATADOR BY CHRIS LEHMAN | "If You're Feeling Sinister," the de facto debut offering from Scottish Wunderkinder Belle and Sebastian, was a bracing but exhilarating primer in long-neglected pop fundamentals. Unassuming front man Stuart Murdoch delivered closely observed, sly and morose songs; the rest of the band supplied spare but hypnotically tuneful backing. It was the kind of seamless folk-inflected pop that the word "winsome" was invented to describe. Now, of course, the eminently justified critical embrace of "If You're Feeling Sinister" casts a long and almost certainly unfair shadow on the band's new disc, "The Boy With the Arab Strap." And just as understandably, the new disc finds the band in a restless, experimental mood. The short opening character study, "It Could Have Been a Brilliant Career," segues briskly into the insistent, synth-heavy rhythms of "Sleeping the Clock Around," only to lurch back to folkie introspection in a listless ode to clotted affect, "Is It Wicked Not to Care?" But it's also around here that the listener starts getting suspicious: The tag line of the song's outro chorus is "Would you love me till I'm dead?" a direct lift from the outro chorus of "Northern Sky," by the ethereal '70s folkie Nick Drake, one of Belle and Sebastian's most frequently cited musical ancestors. It seems that Murdoch and company are starting to tire of their own sense of youthful self-discovery and have set about indulging in the postmodern game of cataloging influences. Indeed, many of the new disc's songs seem like little more than involuted studies in pop allusion: The supremely ill-advised venture into Glaswegian trip-hop, "Spaceboy Dream," for example, sounds like a shotgun wedding between John Cale and A Tribe Called Quest. "Seymour Stein," a labored depiction of an uncool record company executive, sounds like Love's Arthur Lee on a particularly smug day. Even the more musically robust and interesting tracks, such as "The Roller Coaster Ride" and "Dirty Dream #2," don't stir themselves lyrically to address anything more than an assortment of ill-defined "troubles" and the band's own chronic sense of aimlessness. You certainly don't want to give up on a band as promising and as abundantly gifted as Belle and Sebastian. But too much of "The Boy With the Arab Strap" defies you to do just that. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: TIME OUT review
by susannah 03 Sep '98

03 Sep '98

*---* HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINISTER BABIES *---* I've never done an informative sensible post before so here goes: Time Out Sept 2-9 issue;- 'We'll call it a transitional album, if only for the fact that Stuart Murdoch doesn't hog all the songwriting credits. This, of course, can only be a good thing. The more different members compete to create something worthy of an already formidable brand name, the better the music gets. For evidence, look no further than 'Is it Wicked Not To Care?' which rubs shoulders with the best of B&S's canon. It was written by the violinist (sic) Isobel- presumably for inclusion between The Velvet Underground's ' I'll Be Your Mirror' and 'The Happiest Girl In The World' by fellow Glaswegians Biff Bang Pow! on a C90 labelled 'vulnerable'. Stevie the guitarist has chipped in with a couple too: a plaintive ode to New York fanzine 'Chickfactor'; and 'Seymour Stein', seemingly about blowing out dinner with a US record company mogul. Really though, its a song about perspective, plain and simple, whose expansive melancholia barely prepares you for Stuart David's ensuing contibution. Replace Jim Morrison with a Scottish boy and Augustus Pablo on melodica and lo! - The Doors' LA Woman' turns into 'A Space Boy Dream'! And among all this - perhaps because of the new colours surrounding it - Stuart Murdoch's music glows ever brighter: the beat-boogie of the title track; and 'Simple Things', whose concise elegance tips the pendulum more towards quintessential than typical. So many ace songwriters. Just one band. Shouldn't someone call the Monopolies and Mergers Commision? Blinder. susannnah. xxx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: chicago?
by Paul Francke 03 Sep '98

03 Sep '98

*---* HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINISTER BABIES *---* Hello! Sorry to jump the gun on tour dates, I expect they'll be released in full sometime...but these Sandra/Travis emails about chicago have been making me anxious; has anyone heard about a b&s chicago show, or is that just wishful thinking on my part? love&ttfn! paully ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Belle and Sebastian (fwd)
by dave cohen 03 Sep '98

03 Sep '98

*---* HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINISTER BABIES *---* there is a philly date already? where are they playing? and Pollstar gives 10/26 as the Chicago tour date (Metro) for the person who asked about that. finally...anyone know about these 2 titles listed at german music express -- $10.04 BELLE & SEBASTIAN -- GROWING UP IN THE NIGHT 3MVPRCDS6 7/98 3MV Add to Basket Cd Single $18.64 BELLE & SEBASTIAN -- REINVENTING PUNCTUATION 3MVJPRCD2 8/98 3MV Add to Basket --dave lapis(a)pobox.upenn.edu my first post to the list...hullo all! > > Folks: > > I just bought my tickets to the Boston show. It will be Wednesday Oct. > 21 at the Morse Auditorium (Boston University's main Auditorium). > > Tickets are bought through the middle east: > > Call (617)864-EAST > > They are 15 bucks each. You can buy them with your credit card. > Strawberries are also selling tickets. > > Unfortunately, I've seen a show here (the future bible heroes) and the > accoustics in this room ar TERRIBLE. Thus, I'd like to see them two > days later in Philly too. > > Matt > > ______________________________________________________ > +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ > +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ > To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe > send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to > "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, > FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister > +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ > +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ > +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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